sycamore

1. Variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree (synset 112827842)
   is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
   substance meronym: plane tree, platan, sycamore - any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits
   same as: lacewood
2. Any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits (synset 112827492)
   is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
   subtypes:

   • london plane, platanus acerifolia - very large fast-growing tree much planted as a street tree
   • american plane, american sycamore, buttonwood, platanus occidentalis - very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
   • oriental plane, platanus orientalis - large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia Minor
   • california sycamore, platanus racemosa - tall tree of Baja California having deciduous bark and large alternate palmately lobed leaves and ball-shaped clusters of flowers
   • arizona sycamore, platanus wrightii - medium-sized tree of Arizona and adjacent regions having deeply lobed leaves and collective fruits in groups of 3 to 5
   belongs to: genus platanus, platanus - genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore
   substance holonym: lacewood, sycamore - variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree
   same as: plane tree, platan
3. Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree;
   Leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn (synset 112775741)
   is a type of: maple - any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
   same as: acer pseudoplatanus, great maple, scottish maple
4. Thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground;
   Produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs;
   The biblical sycamore (synset 112424018)
   is a type of: fig tree - any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature
   belongs to: ficus, genus ficus - large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees
   same as: ficus sycomorus, mulberry fig, sycamore fig

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